The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

The Southron Mother’s Charge: By Thomas B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana. (R. R.)

“You go, my son, to the battle field—

To repel the invading foe;”—

Southrons O! (W. L.)

“By the cross upon our banner,

Glory of our Southern sky,”—

The Southron’s War Song: By J. A. Wagener of South Carolina (E. V. M. from the Charleston Courier, June 11, 1861.)

“Arise! Arise! with main and might,

Sons of the sunny clime!”—

Southron’s Watchword: (In Imitation of an English Song of the Crimean War.) By M. F. Bigney, 1861. (Fag.)